“A great writer picks up on those things that matter. It’s almost like their radar is attuned to the most significant moments.” MatterMomentsPicksSignificantGreat WritersRadarThings That MatterSignificant Moments Author:Alain de Botton
“This is the first time Denmark has ever reached the World Cup finals, so this is the most significant moment in Danish history.” WorldFirstsMomentsFootballFirst TimeFinalsSignificantCupsCommentatorsWorld CupDenmarkDanishCup FinalsSignificant Moments Author:John Helm
“Just about everything significant in my life happened after I passed forty. I was a housewife and mother, but yearned to be a writer. I worked at my writing whenever I could snatch a moment, and I assembled several manuscripts. I was just about forty when my first novel, East Wind, West Wind, was published. Then a few months later came The Good Earth. My career was launched at last, and it has given me the richest possible satisfaction” WritingFirstsMomentsEarthLastsMotherGivenCareersNovelHappenedWindMonthsWestSatisfactionEastSignificantFortyHousewifeManuscriptsLife HappensGood Earth Author:Pearl S. Buck
“There is too great a tendency (perhaps encouraged by popular journalism) to deal with the dramatic moments, forgetting that these are not always the most significant moments. ... To find the significant rather than the dramatic features of industrial controversy, of a disagreement in regard to policy on board of directors or between managers, is essential to integrative business policies.” MomentsForgetDealsBusinessPolicyDirectorsEssentialsRegardSignificantTendenciesJournalismManagersFeaturesBoardsDramaticControversyDisagreementBoard Of DirectorsSignificant Moments Book:Mary Parker Follett--prophet of management: a celebration of writings from the 1920s Source: Mary Parker Follett--prophet of management: a celebration of writings from the 1920s